The song ain't anything special. Without the solo it would fall down. As it is the bass lets the song and Guthrie down. Lucky the drummer is there to save the day.
I also appreciate his articulation when he goes straight from one note to the next without an audible pick. I'm a brass player/newbie on guitar, but I think that's another of the ways he moves me, in addition to his shredding and bending.
Can you believe this is completely improvised? There were 5 takes, all different from each other. This one, either first or second take, was the one they went with.
Yes i believe it. He is literally the best guitarist of this realm at the moment. So lucky to meet him in milwaukee before his show for the 4th album. Chillest dude.
Probably the most incredible solo, because it fits the narrative of the song, specially the first 30 seconds when you can hear a guitar crying and going in different directions as if its trying to make sense of tragedy. To think its an improvised take makes it even more amazing, Mr. Govan is one of the few artists that can play with awesome technicality yet emotion and melody.
This is so cool to hear. You hear at 1:48 the high E string pop out of the saddle, which is easy to hear in the actual song. But something I never realized was, at 2:02, Guthrie goes on a run and tries to use the high E string lol. Seems like he forgot it happened not even 20 seconds later.
I met Guthrie at a clinic around this time last year. Managed to say “Thank you” for this particular solo. Mind blowing and gut wrenching at the same time. Crazy 🙏🏼
To me this solo expresses the charakters pain that he feels thinking about his wifes death. He feels guitly that he hasn't been able to save her even though he knows that it wasn't his fault. The solo shows the waves of pure pain that flow through his body, his heart and his soul. If pain had a sound, this would be it. This solo might be the most touching piece i've ever heared
There are loads of guitar players who have the chops, but I don't think there is another one on the planet that has Guthrie Govan's sense of musicality.
Oh my... I just heard the song, listened to it 5 times in a row and had to do some research on how he does the sustain part.. def no ebow. I thought I heard some "humane errors" in there which for me just makes it even better.. Best guitar solo I've ever heard hands down! Edit: My girlfriend wants to know why I'm drooling
www.premierguitar.com/artists/interview-steven-wilson-of-ravens-revenants-and-creeping-things Steven Wilson is still incredulous. “I mean, we’d gotten this LaRose Classic Jazz [Jazzmaster-style] guitar with a Sustainiac sustainer circuit in the studio on the second day, and I asked Guthrie what he thought of it,” Wilson recounts. “He picked the thing up and, literally, the first thing he played was the solo on ‘Drive Home’-the solo that made the album. First time, first take. Isn’t that insane?” Even crazier is that, during the solo-which Govan tracked live with the band-you can hear the E-string popping out of the saddle, forcing Govan to play the rest of the solo without it. “I later learned,” the Aristocrats chopsmaster explains, “that the Jazzmaster bridge/tailpiece design is famously ill-equipped to deal with extravagant string bending!” While Govan thought later versions of the solo sounded “a little more perfect,” the other players unanimously preferred the first take. “I suppose the first one did have a certain vibe to it,” he shrugs, “presumably because I was still getting used to an utterly unfamiliar instrument, which made me play a little differently. And, having played a lot with Marco in the Aristocrats, I think we had a couple of spontaneous interactive moments during that solo which could have only happened in real time.”
I've listened to this solo hundreds of times and am still always moved by it. Moved deeply. Jaw dropped. Soul stirred. In the way that Stevie Ray channeled something from beyond, Guthrie is a conduit of emotion deep from within the earth while at the same time from the deepest reaches of the universe. BTW....is that him vocalizing at 1:54 and following?
If anyone wants to learn this solo, I've just uploaded my cover in which I tried to stick to the original in the closest way as possible : ruclips.net/video/off8aFhgLjM/видео.html I will soon make the tabs and put the link in the description!
Hey man !! Awesome ! I was searching for a guitar backing track of the entire song. Is this possible for you to take me your files ? Or if you have, just in case, the song without acoustic and electric guitars ? This is for my final exam, i'm a guitar player in a professionnal school in France ! I have the 5.1 audio of this great album, but I don't understand how you do that ! If you just explain me how to do that, that would be awesome !! Great job anyway :)
You just have to open the file into Audacity and select only the center channel to isolate the solos (it's mono though and it'll sound much drier compared to the stereo mix). If you're looking for the backing track you will find only unofficial ones on RUclips. Good luck on your exam!
People are saying ebow but to me this sounds like it was played on a fretless? He’s known to use them, the slight in between pitches on a lot of the phrases seems to be the giveaway, anyone else think the same?
Alex Hernandez I’ve since found out it was actually played on a guitar with a sustaniac pickup! Can hear him picking a lot of the notes so ebow wouldn’t be the one (at least for the recording)
You're learning the solo, it's taken months to get your technique up to scratch to play the fairly fast parts in the middle with any competence. You get to the 2 minute mark, the solo is winding down, it can't get any worse can it? Then he brings out the most ridiculous 2000 bpm lick to end the solo on. This is going to take another few months.
You've got good ears, but I do not believe that is a "wrong note". It sounds more like a sonic artifact, the source of which might be any number of things. Perhaps one of the strings involved in the bend that is not being played has popped out from underneath Mr. Govan's grasp for example. But the note is part of the harmonic ecology he is mining, it is on pitch, and if anything, it makes the whole affair that much more human.
GuitarUniverse2013 Don't disagree with your explanation....I've heard this slightly odd note since my first listen some 5 years ago....I always took it as a partially fingered fret (as the space between the notes is smaller)....thus the pitch is a bit wanky(sharp to my ears)
Guthrie actually played this whole solo on a totally unfamiliar guitar which someone had just sent Steven Wilson. It had a sustainiac setup (I.E. why it's capable of sustaining so beautifully and infinitely), and this was Guthrie's FIRST take of the solo. That sound that you hear is actually the sound of the string popping out of the nut because he was playing it so intensely.
Much like Samson, if Guthrie ever cuts his hair, his guitar skills will be cut in half (still leaving him as the best in the world). But the second part of the curse: if he ever takes a bath, he becomes Tom Morello… So Much Worse! 😝
Gary Hill sent me here - "so much emotion" ? yes Zero from me - compared to Tony Iommi - Lonely is the word and at least 30 others etc . I will try and listen to this again but my Staffie playing with his chew toy has more emotion than this. Thanks Gary cut down on the ice.
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This solo should be protected by UNESCO
I don't get it:(
@@NONE2NONE UNESCO world heritage sites. They are protected and preserved as valuable artifacts of human history.
And it should be sent to space with a new Voyager.
Not the UN man, they are worthless.
Hi I am the head of UNESCO I will definitely protect it ...👍
It's probably not the solo but the whole song itself that builds up to this
It's not one or the other, they song and the solo work together in harmony. Atleast, that is my opinion.
The song ain't anything special. Without the solo it would fall down. As it is the bass lets the song and Guthrie down. Lucky the drummer is there to save the day.
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@@tomalophicon you're completely wrong lmao
@@TheRash12 I'm sure McDougle must be talking about a completely different song
Its imperfections make it perfect
This solo is unearthly.
It changed my perspective of music in a way.
He knows the meaning of "playing the song", and not "playing ON the songs". That's why he's the only shredder who moves me.
I also appreciate his articulation when he goes straight from one note to the next without an audible pick. I'm a brass player/newbie on guitar, but I think that's another of the ways he moves me, in addition to his shredding and bending.
Okay, this gets me everytime
I am literally crying to an isolated guitar track
but they never did this solo
Ha ha ha jezus
me too bro
The perfect mix between dirt and virtuosity
Can you believe this is completely improvised? There were 5 takes, all different from each other. This one, either first or second take, was the one they went with.
Yeah, also Regret #9 was done in just one take
I ask him recently about his solo in "Ancestral" and told me the same... almost ALL things that guthrie does, are improvised... the guy is a genius
Yes i believe it. He is literally the best guitarist of this realm at the moment. So lucky to meet him in milwaukee before his show for the 4th album. Chillest dude.
Most of session musicians do this.
@@viniciusflavio9324 No they don't.
A lifetime achievement solo
This solo is as deep as one made by David Gilmour, very touching.
As deep? I'd say it's much deeper than that.
Perhaps, I just respect Mr. Gilmour solos. Cheers!
Guthrie is just in another level... Gilmour is a legend, but Govan is in another level
Hahaha I tought the same in a first place, but this is more than just deep...
We all love and respect David Gilmour, but this solo is from another dimension of feelings.
Probably the most incredible solo, because it fits the narrative of the song, specially the first 30 seconds when you can hear a guitar crying and going in different directions as if its trying to make sense of tragedy. To think its an improvised take makes it even more amazing, Mr. Govan is one of the few artists that can play with awesome technicality yet emotion and melody.
This is so cool to hear. You hear at 1:48 the high E string pop out of the saddle, which is easy to hear in the actual song. But something I never realized was, at 2:02, Guthrie goes on a run and tries to use the high E string lol. Seems like he forgot it happened not even 20 seconds later.
I thought that was a really beautiful mistake and I anticipate it everytime I listen to this song.
That fucking annoys me everytime I hear it.
I always thought it was intentional and fucking brilliant.
It doesn't sound like a string popping out, he is not even bending at 1:48
@@hamburger149 it did because of his strength with his right hand
I met Guthrie at a clinic around this time last year. Managed to say “Thank you” for this particular solo. Mind blowing and gut wrenching at the same time. Crazy 🙏🏼
To me this solo expresses the charakters pain that he feels thinking about his wifes death. He feels guitly that he hasn't been able to save her even though he knows that it wasn't his fault. The solo shows the waves of pure pain that flow through his body, his heart and his soul. If pain had a sound, this would be it. This solo might be the most touching piece i've ever heared
Exactly. Probably among the most emotional pieces of music of this century.
On one of the most mournful albums ever recorded....
Steven´s wife or Govan´s wife?
@@italozanoti7180 the wife of the character of the song
without doubt my favorite guitar solo ever
McNills also mine
And mine.
There are loads of guitar players who have the chops, but I don't think there is another one on the planet that has Guthrie Govan's sense of musicality.
The opening sounds like an ebow. Still one of the all time great solos
it hurts even more just hearing the raw track somehow
This artistry that actually makes a great song even better, makes all the Satrianis and Malmsteens of this world have nightmares.
No one's having nightmares bro lol. Uts good, not life changing.
If you feel competitive about something as collaborative as music then you’re a complete fucking douchebag lol.
Just a mad genius let loose. Thank god!
The beginning have me chills. Its haunting without the music. Amazing
A masterpiece that has to be recorded and sent out the cosmos!
Beautiful!!!
Beautiful! Makes an already legendary song perfect!
Amazing.. just Perfect!!
Watching this solo live with the whole band is immense.
Exquisitez
de solo!
All the Guitar Masters summoned in 2 minutes... All those years, everytime i listen this piece i learn something new...
Oh my... thank you so much for uploading this!
This solo sends you to another dimension.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put this here for us!
pd:i wish i had 5.1
Mind blowing
Masterpiece
Fantastico!
Perfectly imperfect
Thank you.
Coooool, Thanks!
This solo gets me like it's own weird ASMR... all over tingles and all the way to my core.
now I suddenly want a schecter guitar with a sustainiac pickup.
It's a LaRose Jazzmaster, in case you're interested :D
Dude he used E-bow.
@@ayberkgungor1554 He didn't, he's said so himself. They're sustaniac pickups
I have been wanting one since 2013, yet no luck
E-bow
El mejor solo de guitarra del siglo XXI
Oh my... I just heard the song, listened to it 5 times in a row and had to do some research on how he does the sustain part.. def no ebow. I thought I heard some "humane errors" in there which for me just makes it even better.. Best guitar solo I've ever heard hands down!
Edit: My girlfriend wants to know why I'm drooling
www.premierguitar.com/artists/interview-steven-wilson-of-ravens-revenants-and-creeping-things
Steven Wilson is still incredulous. “I mean, we’d gotten this LaRose Classic Jazz [Jazzmaster-style] guitar with a Sustainiac sustainer circuit in the studio on the second day, and I asked Guthrie what he thought of it,” Wilson recounts. “He picked the thing up and, literally, the first thing he played was the solo on ‘Drive Home’-the solo that made the album. First time, first take. Isn’t that insane?”
Even crazier is that, during the solo-which Govan tracked live with the band-you can hear the E-string popping out of the saddle, forcing Govan to play the rest of the solo without it. “I later learned,” the Aristocrats chopsmaster explains, “that the Jazzmaster bridge/tailpiece design is famously ill-equipped to deal with extravagant string bending!” While Govan thought later versions of the solo sounded “a little more perfect,” the other players unanimously preferred the first take. “I suppose the first one did have a certain vibe to it,” he shrugs, “presumably because I was still getting used to an utterly unfamiliar instrument, which made me play a little differently. And, having played a lot with Marco in the Aristocrats, I think we had a couple of spontaneous interactive moments during that solo which could have only happened in real time.”
este solo deberia ser patrimonio de la humanidad!!!!grande Govan
Too much emotion 😭
Very hendrixy (Drifting).
That's a compliment. 🙏
Crikey. He’s so good, he elicits a series of ‘drive home’s from the guitar from 1:39 on. 😮
I've listened to this solo hundreds of times and am still always moved by it. Moved deeply. Jaw dropped. Soul stirred. In the way that Stevie Ray channeled something from beyond, Guthrie is a conduit of emotion deep from within the earth while at the same time from the deepest reaches of the universe. BTW....is that him vocalizing at 1:54 and following?
Those are part of the back vocals from the song for that part. This section was taken from the 5.1 release
Someone please put this solo in a time capsule.
Patrimonio de la Humanidad ya!!!
Listen to What have you done from the Album, The Bride said No by Nad Sylvian, guitar solo fro Steve Hackett and Guthrie, just amazing.
I didn't knew what music was until i listened to Drive Home...
God toying with us!
Oh my god… 🧠💥
If anyone wants to learn this solo, I've just uploaded my cover in which I tried to stick to the original in the closest way as possible : ruclips.net/video/off8aFhgLjM/видео.html
I will soon make the tabs and put the link in the description!
buttery picking
I think I've realised why I prefer Ancestral and Regret solos. They both have decided endings. This solo almost feels like a jam in that sense.
Awesome on its own as well as in the whole song....how did you do this?
Hey man !! Awesome ! I was searching for a guitar backing track of the entire song. Is this possible for you to take me your files ? Or if you have, just in case, the song without acoustic and electric guitars ? This is for my final exam, i'm a guitar player in a professionnal school in France ! I have the 5.1 audio of this great album, but I don't understand how you do that ! If you just explain me how to do that, that would be awesome !! Great job anyway :)
You just have to open the file into Audacity and select only the center channel to isolate the solos (it's mono though and it'll sound much drier compared to the stereo mix). If you're looking for the backing track you will find only unofficial ones on RUclips. Good luck on your exam!
@@fdsbass4013 ok Thanks ! Just one question, how do you do to open a blue ray on your computer to find the 5.1 audio files ? I'm stuck on it :/
You need an external Blu-ray drive to extract the audio using DVD Audio Extractor. Unfortunately most internal drive do not support Blu-ray.
@@fdsbass4013 ok thank you ! Have a good day ! :)
man how can you isolate this solo?
First take apparently Guthrie wanted to do some more takes as he made some mistakes, Steven Wilson was like to bad we are keeping it 😊
Any way we could get a download link?
People are saying ebow but to me this sounds like it was played on a fretless? He’s known to use them, the slight in between pitches on a lot of the phrases seems to be the giveaway, anyone else think the same?
4 months late, but I saw him play this song live and he was definitely using an ebow to achieve that sound.
Alex Hernandez I’ve since found out it was actually played on a guitar with a sustaniac pickup! Can hear him picking a lot of the notes so ebow wouldn’t be the one (at least for the recording)
@@samfrenchguitar Larose guitars. My brothers company.
You're learning the solo, it's taken months to get your technique up to scratch to play the fairly fast parts in the middle with any competence. You get to the 2 minute mark, the solo is winding down, it can't get any worse can it? Then he brings out the most ridiculous 2000 bpm lick to end the solo on. This is going to take another few months.
How did you extract only the solo out of the song?
from the center channel of the 5.1 mix
Is that Govan’s voice singing and being picked up on a mic there at the end?
No that's the vocals on the song. Give the whole song a listen, it's well worth your time.
Steven's
And that's all 1st take and without E string as it slipped from saddle during recording ;) beat that ;)
Had the potential to be Gilmour like, but I'm guessing no one wanted to trim and paste the best and melodic parts as it fell apart at the end.
Is he playing with a Fernandes sustainer here?
I believe it was a schecter sustainiac
@@dwftube Larose Jazzmaster, my brothers creation!
At 1:54 I think he slipped of the fretboard with the high e string lol
why put this on a video channel with not video?? goven IS god
Even better than Regret #9. And played with a broken E string.
Regret #9 was amazing too. Soulfull
If pain had a sound.
Does anybody else hear a wrong note in his ascending run towards the end right before the chorus comes in?
You've got good ears, but I do not believe that is a "wrong note". It sounds more like a sonic artifact, the source of which might be any number of things. Perhaps one of the strings involved in the bend that is not being played has popped out from underneath Mr. Govan's grasp for example. But the note is part of the harmonic ecology he is mining, it is on pitch, and if anything, it makes the whole affair that much more human.
GuitarUniverse2013
Don't disagree with your explanation....I've heard this slightly odd note since my first listen some 5 years ago....I always took it as a partially fingered fret (as the space between the notes is smaller)....thus the pitch is a bit wanky(sharp to my ears)
kayfabe 58 I think Guthrie actually broke a string during this solo...I need to find where I read this but perhaps this could explain :)
Alan Abelli at about 2:07 i think it popped of the nut
Guthrie actually played this whole solo on a totally unfamiliar guitar which someone had just sent Steven Wilson. It had a sustainiac setup (I.E. why it's capable of sustaining so beautifully and infinitely), and this was Guthrie's FIRST take of the solo. That sound that you hear is actually the sound of the string popping out of the nut because he was playing it so intensely.
there's like 0 unlike
That one guy who disliked this.
Two of them... they don't know music
extraterrestrial will also cry if they listen this solo.......👽
Ebow?!!
No, he used a guitar with sustainiac pickups
Much like Samson, if Guthrie ever cuts his hair, his guitar skills will be cut in half (still leaving him as the best in the world). But the second part of the curse: if he ever takes a bath, he becomes Tom Morello… So Much Worse! 😝
I really like Ted Bundy's version.
no sense without the whole band
Gary Hill sent me here - "so much emotion" ? yes Zero from me - compared to Tony Iommi - Lonely is the word and at least 30 others etc . I will try and listen to this again but my Staffie playing with his chew toy has more emotion than this. Thanks Gary cut down on the ice.
Beautiful!!!!